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GOVERNING  AND  RELATING  TO 


County  or  District 
AGRICULTURAL 
SOCIETIES  in  Ohio 


ISSUED  BY  THE  STATE 
BOARD  OF  AGRICULTURE 


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W.  W.  Miller,  Secretary,  ::  Columbus,  Ohio 


LAWS  AND  RULES 


GOVERNING  AND  RELATING  TO 

County  or  District 
Agricultural  Societies 
in  Ohio 


Issued  by  the  State  Board  of  Agriculture 


W.  W.  MILLER,  Secretary 

COLUMBUS,  OHIO 


COLUMBUS,  OHIO 
PRESS  OF  FRED.  J.  HEER 

1905 


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OHIO  STATE  BOARD  OF  AGRICULTURE. 


Sec.  3692.  [Ohio  state  board  of 

AGRICULTURE ;  ANNUAL  MEETING  OF 

board.  Election  of  officers.]  There 
shall  be  held  in  the  city  of  Columbus 
on  the  first  Thursday  after  the  second 
Monday  in  January,  an  annual  meet¬ 
ing  of  the  Ohio  state  board  of  agricul¬ 
ture,  together  with  the  president  of  each 
county  agricultural  society  or  the  duly 
authorized  delegate  therefrom  who 
shall  for  the  time  being  be  exofficio 
members  of  the  state  board  of  agricul¬ 
ture  for  the  purpose  of  deliberation  and 
consultation  as  to  the  wants,  prospects 
and  conditions  of  agriculture  throughout 
the  state ;  and  at  such  meeting  the  sev¬ 
eral  reports  from  the  societies  shall  be 
delivered  to  the  president  of  the  state 
board  of  agriculture;  provided  that  in 
any  county  having  no  agricultural  so¬ 
ciety,  the  presidents  of  the  farmers’  in¬ 
stitutes  of  the  county,  and  holding  meet¬ 
ings  under  the  auspices  and  by  the  direc- 

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tion  of  the  state  board  of  agriculture, 
or  a  majority  thereof,  are  hereby  au¬ 
thorized  and  empowered  to  choose  a  rep¬ 
resentative  to  the  annual  meeting,  who 
shall  upon  presentation  of  the  proper 
certificates  be  entitled  to  all  the  privi¬ 
leges  conferred  on  ex  officio  members 
by  this  section.  At  this  annual  meeting 
there  shall  be  elected  two  members  of 
the  state  board  of  agriculture  whose 
terms  shall  be  five  years  and  until  their 
successors  are  elected.  Only  the  presi¬ 
dents  of  county  agricultural  societies  or 
the  duly  authorized  delegates  therefrom 
and  representatives  chosen  by  the  presi¬ 
dents  of  farmers’  institutes  not  mem¬ 
bers  of  the  board  shall  be  entitled  to 
vote  for  members  of  the  board. 


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LAWS  RELATING  TO  COUNTY  OR  DIS¬ 
TRICT  AGRICULTURAL  SOCIETIES. 


Sec.  3697.  [Agricultural  corpor¬ 
ations;  ORGANIZATION  OF  DISTRICT  OR 
COUNTY  AGRICULTURAL  SOCIETIES.] 
When  thirty  or  more  persons,  residents 
of  any  county  of  the  state,  or  of  a  dis¬ 
trict  embracing  one  or  more  counties,  or¬ 
ganize  themselves  into  an  agricultural 
society,  and  adopt  a  constitution  and  by¬ 
laws  and  select  the  usual  and  proper 
officers,  and  otherwise  conducts  its  af¬ 
fairs  in  conformity  to  the  statutes  of 
Ohio  and  to  the  rules  of  the  state  board 
of  agriculture,  and  when  such  county  or 
district  agricultural  society  shall  have 
held  an  annual  exhibition  in  accordance 
with  section  3698  of  the  Revised  Statutes 
of  Ohio,  and  made  proper  report  to  the 
state  board  of  agriculture,  then,  upon 
presentation  to  the  county  auditor,  of  a 
certificate  from  the  president  of  the  state 
board  of  agriculture  attested  by, the  sec¬ 
retary  of  said  board,  that  the  laws  of 

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the  state  and  the  rules  of  the  state  board 
of  agriculture  have  been  complied  with, 
the  county  auditor  of  each  county  where¬ 
in  such  agricultural  societies  are  organ¬ 
ized,  shall  annually  draw  an  order  on 
the  treasurer  of  the  county  in  favor  of 
the  president  of  the  county  or  district 
agricultural  society  for  a  sum  equal  to 
two  cents  to  each  inhabitant  of  the 
county,  upon  the  basis  of  the  last  pre¬ 
vious  national  census,  but  the  total 
amount  thereof  shall  not  exceed  in  any 
county  the  sum  of  eight  hundred  dol¬ 
lars  ($800)  ;  and  the  treasurer  of  the 
county  shall  pay  the  same. 

[Cuyahoga  county.]  Provided,  that 
where  in  any  county  containing  a  city 
of  the  second  grade  of  the  first  class,  the 
site  for  holding  county  fairs  is  situated 
so  far  from  the  geographical  center  of 
said  county  that,  in  the  opinion  of  the 
commissioners  of  said  county  the  agri¬ 
cultural  interests  of  said  county  will  best 
be  promoted  by  the  establishment  of  an¬ 
other  and  additional  society  and  site 
whereupon  to  hold  fairs ;  upon  the  or¬ 
ganization  of  such  additional  society  in 
the  manner  provided  herein,  said  addi¬ 
tional  society  shall  be  entitled  to  receive 

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out  of  the  county  treasury  the  sum  pro¬ 
vided  in  this  section  and  ..  so  be  entitled 
to  the  provisions  of  other  sections  of  the 
statutes  in  reference  to  county  agricul¬ 
tural  societies. 

Sec.  3698.  [For  what  premiums 

MAY  BE  OFFERED  BY  AGRICULTURAL  SO¬ 
CIETIES.]  The  several  county  or  district 
societies  which  may  be  formed  under 
the  provisions  of  the  preceding  section 
shall,  annually,  offer  and  award  premi¬ 
ums  for  the  improvement  of  soils,  til¬ 
lage,  crops,  manures,  implements,  stock, 
articles  of  domestic  industry,  and  such 
other  articles,  productions,  and  improve¬ 
ments,  as  they  deem  proper,  and  may 
perform  all  such  acts  as  they  deem  best 
calculated  to  promote  the  agricultural 
and  household  manufacturing  interests 
of  the  district  and  of  the  state,  and  shall 
regulate  the  amount  of  premiums,  and 
the  different  grades  of  the  same,  so  that 
it  shall  be  competent  for  small  as  well 
as  large  farmers  to  have  an  opportunity 
to  compete  therefor  ;  and  in  making  their 
awards  special  reference  shall  be  had  to 
the  profits  which  accrue,  or  are  likely  to 
accrue,  from  the  improved  mode  of  rais¬ 
ing  the  crop,  or  of  improving  the  soil, 

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or  stock,  or  of  the  fabrication  of  the  ar¬ 
ticles  thus  offered,  so  that  the  premium 
shall  be  given  for  the  most  economical 
mode  of  improvement;  and  all  persons 
offering  to  compete  for  premiums  on  im¬ 
proved  modes  of  tillage,  or  the  produc¬ 
tion  of  any  crops  or  other  articles,  shall 
be  required,  before  such  premium  is  ad¬ 
judged  to  deliver  to  the  awarding  com¬ 
mittee  a  full  and  correct  statement  of  the 
process  of  such  mode  of  tillage  or  pro¬ 
duction,  and  the  expense  and  value  of 
the  same,  with  a  view  of  showing  accur¬ 
ately  the  profits  derived  or  expected  to 
be  derived  therefrom.  Provided,  that 
during  any  year,  when  the  state  board 
of  agriculture  shall  hold  its  fair  upon  the 
grounds  of  any  county  or  district  agri¬ 
cultural  society,  such  society  shall  be  ex¬ 
cused,  if  its  board  of  directors  so  de¬ 
cides,  from  complying  with  the  provis¬ 
ions  of  this  section,  and  shall  incur  no 
forfeiture  of  its  rights  as  such  agricul¬ 
tural  society,  by  reason  of  not  holding 
such  fair. 

Sec.  3699.  [Must  publish  a  list  of 
awards,  etc.]  County  and  district  so¬ 
cieties  shall  publish,  annually,  a  list  of 
awards,  and  an  abstract  of  the  treas- 

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urer’s  account,  in  a  newspaper  of  the 
district,  and  make  a  report  of  their  pro¬ 
ceedings  during  the  year,  and  a  synopsis 
of  the  awards  for  improvements  in  agri¬ 
culture  and  household  manufactures,  to¬ 
gether  with  an  abstract  of  the  several 
descriptions  of  these  improvements,  and 
also  make  a  report  of  the  condition  of 
agriculture  in  their  county  or  district, 
which  report  shall  be  made  in  accordance 
with  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the 
state  board  of  agriculture,  and  shall  be 
forwarded  to  the  state  board  at  its  an¬ 
nual  meeting  in  January  in  each  year; 
and  no  subsequent  payment  shall  be 
made  from  the  county  treasury  unless 
a  certificate  be  presented  to  the  auditor^ 
from  the  president  of  the  state  board, 
showing  that  such  reports  have  been 
made. 

Sec.  3700.  [County  societies  erect¬ 
ed  into  corporations.]  All  county  so¬ 
cieties  which  have  been  or  may  here¬ 
after  be  organized  are  declared  bodies 
corporate  and  politic,  and  as  such  shall 
be  capable  of  suing  and  being  sued,  and 
of  holding  in  fee  simple  such  real  estate 
as  they  have  heretofore  purchased  or 


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may  hereafter  purchase  as  sites  whereon 
to  hold  their  fairs. 

[May  mortgage  real  estate  to  re¬ 
new  debts;  proviso.]  Such  societies 
shall  have  the  right  to  mortgage  the 
grounds  of  the  society  for  the  purpose  of 
renewing  or  extending  pre-existing 
debts,  and  for  the  purpose  of  furnishing 
money  to  purchase  additional  land.  Pro¬ 
viding  that  where  the  county  commis¬ 
sioners  have  paid  money  out  of  the 
county  treasury  to  aid  in  the  purchase 
of  the  site  of  said  grounds,  no  mortgage 
shall  be  given  without  the  consent  of  said 
commissioners. 

Sec.  3701.  [Conveyances  to  such 

SOCIETIES  DECLARED  VALID.]  All  deeds, 
conveyances,  and  agreements  in  writing, 
made  to  and  by  such  county  societies, 
for  the  purchase  of  real  estate  as  sites 
whereon  to  hold  their  fairs,  shall  be  good 
and  valid  in  law  and  equity,  and  shall 
vest  a  title  in  fee  simple  in  such  societies 
to  the  real  estate,  without  words  of  in¬ 
heritance. 

Sec.  3702.  [Commissioners  may  as¬ 
sist  AGRICULTURAL  SOCIETIES  IN  PUR¬ 
CHASING,  ETC.,  SITES  FOR  FAIRS;  LEVY  OF 

tax.]  When  a  county  society  has  pur- 

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chased,  or  leased  for  a  term  of  not  less 
than  twenty  years,  real  estate  as  a  site 
whereon  to  hold  fairs,  or  where  the  title 
to  the  grounds  is  vested  in  fee  in  the 
county,  but  the  society  has  the  control 
and  management  of  the  lands  and  build¬ 
ings,  the  county  commissioners  may,  if 
they  think  it  for  the  interests  of  the 
county,  and  society,  pay  out  of  the 
county  treasury  the  same  amount  of 
money  for  the  purchase  or  lease  and  im¬ 
provement  of  such  site  as  is  paid  by  such 
agricultural  society  or  individuals  for 
such  purpose ;  and  such  commissioners 
may  levy  a  tax  upon  all  the  taxable  prop¬ 
erty  of  the  county  sufficient  to  meet  the 
provisions  of  this  section. 

Sec.  3702-1.  [Submission  of  ques¬ 
tion  OF  ISSUING  BONDS  TO  LIQUIDATE 
DEBT  OF  COUNTY  AGRICULTURAL  SOCIE¬ 
TY.]  In  all  counties  in  which  there  may 
be  a  county  agricultural  society  which 
has  purchased  a  site  whereon  to  hold 
fairs,  or  where  the  title  to  such  grounds 
is  vested  in  fee  in  the  county,  and  such 
society  has  become  indebted  to  an  extent 
of  not  less  than  fifteen  thousand  dollars, 
upon  the  presentation  of  a  petition 
signed  by  not  less  than  five  hundred  res- 

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ident  electors  of  the  county,  praying  for 
the  submission  to  the  electors  of  the 
county  of  the  question  whether  or  not 
the  bonds  of  the  county  shall  be  issued 
and  sold  for  the  purpose  of  liquidating 
the  indebtedness  of  such  society,  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  such  county  com¬ 
missioners  within  ten  days  there¬ 
after,  by  resolution,  to  fix  a  date 
which  shall  be  within  thirty  days, 
upon  which  the  question  of  issu¬ 
ing  and  selling  such  bonds,  in  amount 
and  denomination  such  as  may  be  neces¬ 
sary  for  the  purpose  in  view,  shall  be 
submitted  to  the  electors  of  the  county, 
and  shall  cause  a  copy  of  such  resolu¬ 
tion  to  be  certified  to  the  deputy  state 
supervisors  of  elections  of  the  county, 
and  such  deputy  state  .supervisors  of 
elections  shall,  within  ten  days  thereaf¬ 
ter,  proceed  to  prepare  the  ballots  and 
make  all  other  necessary  arrangements 
for  the  submission  of  such  question  to 
the  electors  of  such  county,  at  the  time 
fixed  by  such  resolution.  Such  elec¬ 
tion  shall  be  held  at  the  regular  places  of 
voting  in  such  county  and  shall  be  con¬ 
ducted,  canvassed  and  certified  in  the 
same  manner,  except  as  otherwise  pro- 

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vided  by  law,  as  elections  for  the  elec¬ 
tion  of  county  officers.  Fifteen  days’ 
notice  of  the  submission  shall  by  the  dep¬ 
uty  state  supervisors  of  elections,  be 
given  by  publication  in  one  or  more 
newspapers  published  in  the  county  once 
a  week  for  two  consecutive  weeks,  stat¬ 
ing  the  amount  of  bonds  to  be  issued, 
the  purpose  for  which  they  are  to  be  is¬ 
sued,  and  the  time  and  places  of  holding 
such  election;  and  if  the  majority  of  the 
voters  voting  upon  the  question  of  issu¬ 
ing  the  bonds  vote  in  favor  thereof,  then 
and  not  otherwise  the  bonds  shall  be  is¬ 
sued,  and  the  tax  hereinafter  mentioned 
shall  be  levied.  Those  who  vote  in  favor 
of  the  proposition  shall  have  written  or 
printed  on  their  ballots  “for  the  issue  of 
bonds”  and  those  who  vote  against  the 
same  shall  have  written  or  printed  on 
their  ballots  “against  the  issue  of  bonds.” 

Sec.  3702-2.  [Bonds.]  In  the  event 
that  a  majority  of  the  voters  of  such 
county  voting  upon,  the  question  of  is¬ 
suing  the  bonds  vote  in  favor  thereof,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  county 
commissioners,  for  the  purpose  of  liqui¬ 
dating  such  indebtedness,  to  issue  and 
sell  the  bonds  of  the  county  according  to 

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law,  in  such  amount  as  may  be  necessary, 
and  bearing  interest  not  to  exceed  six 
per  cent,  per  annum,  payable  semi-an¬ 
nually  : 

[Levy.].  Said  bonds  to  be  issued  for 
a  period  of  not  less  than  ten  nor  more 
than  twenty  years ;  and  such  county 
commissioners  shall  thereupon  levy  a  tax 
upon  all  the  taxable  property  upon  the 
duplicate  of  the  county  to  pay  such 
bonds  as  they  may  mature  and  the  in¬ 
terest  thereon,  at  such  rate  and  for  such 
length  of  time  as  may  be  necessary  for 
the  purpose. 

Sec.  3702-3  [Proceeds  used  in 
liquidation  of  debt.]  The  county 
commissioners,  upo  n  the  sale  of  such 
bonds,  shall,  from  the  proceeds  arising 
from  such  sale,  pay  off  and  liquidate  the 
indebtedness  for  which  they  were  sold. 

Sec.  3702-4.  [Money  raised  for 

COUNTY  AGRICULTURAL  SOCIETIES  AP¬ 
PLIED  TO  PURPOSES  INTENDED  BY  ACT 
THOUGH  LIFE  OF  ACT  EXPIRED.]  Where 
money  has  been  raised  by  taxation  in 
any  county  for  the  purpose  of  leasing 
lands  for  county  fairs,  or  for  the  pur¬ 
pose  of  erecting  buildings  for  county  fair 
purposes,  or  for  making  any  improve- 

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merits  on  county  fair  grounds,  or  for  any 
purpose  connected  with  the  use  of  county 
fair  ground  or  the  management  thereof 
by  any  county  agricultural  society,  shall 
be  used  for  such  purpose  only,  notwith¬ 
standing  the  law  under  which  money 
was  raised  by  taxation  may  have  expired 
by  limitation ;  such  moneys  shall  be  used 
for  the  purposes  intended  by  the  act  un¬ 
der  which  such  moneys  were  levied  and 
collected  by  taxation. 

Sec.  3702a.  [Commissioners  in  cer¬ 
tain  COUNTIES  MAY  ASSIST  AGRICUL¬ 
TURAL  SOCIETIES  IN  PURCHASING,  LEAS¬ 
ING  OR  IMPROVING  SITES  FOR  FAIRS.] 
When  a  county  society  in  a  county  con¬ 
taining  a  city  of  second  grade  of  the 
first  class  has  purchased  or  leased  for  a 
term  of  not  less  than  twenty  years,  real 
estate  as  a  site  whereon  to  hold  fairs,  or 
when  the  title  to  the  grounds  is  vested  in 
fee  in  the  county,  but  the  society  has  the 
control  and  management  of  the  lands 
and  buildings  the  county  commissioners 
may  if  they  think  it  for  the  interests  of 
the  county  and  society,  pay  out  of  the 
county  treasury  the  same  amount  of 
money  for  the  purchase  or  lease  and  im¬ 
provement  of  such  site  or  either  of  them 

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as  is  paid  by  such  agricultural  society 
or  individuals  for  such  purpose  or  either 
of  them,  and  such  commissioners  may 
levy  a  tax  upon  all  the  taxable  property 
of  the  county  sufficient  to  meet  the  pro¬ 
visions  of  this  section. 

Sec.  370 2b.  [Agricultural  corpor¬ 
ations;  COMMISSIONERS  MAY  LEVY  TAX 
FOR  ENCOURAGEMENT  OF  AGRICULTURAL 

fairs.]  When  a  county  has  purchased 
or  leased  for  a  term  of  not  less  than 
twenty  years,  real  estate  as  a  site  where¬ 
on  to  hold  fairs,  or  where  the  title  to  the 
grounds  is  vested  in  fee  in  the  county 
agricultural  society,  or  in  the  county,  the 
agricultural  society  has  the  control  and 
management  of  the  lands  and  buildings, 
or  when  such  lands  and  buildings  are 
held  by  lease  from  any  such  society  by 
another  society,  association  or  incorpora¬ 
ted  company,  the  county  commissioners 
are  authorized  for  the  purpose  of  en¬ 
couraging  agricultural  fairs,  to  annually 
levy  taxes  of  not  exceeding  one-tenth  of 
one  mill  upon  all  the  taxable  property  of 
the  county,  for  the  purpose  of  raising  not 
to  exceed  one  thousand  dollars  in  any 
county,  which  sum  shall  be  paid  by  the 
treasurer  of  the  county  to  the  treasurer 

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of  the  agricultural  society,  except  in  case 
of  such  lease  by  such  society  when  such 
sum  shall  be  paid  to  the  treasurer  of 
such  lessee  society,  association,  or  incor¬ 
porated  company  upon  an  order  from 
the  county  auditor  duly  issued  therefor ; 
and  the  county  commissioners,  prior  to 
the  levy  of  any  such  tax,  may,  if  they 
think  it  for  the  interest  of  the  county 
and  society,  pay  out  of  the  treasury  any 
sum  not  exceeding  one  thousand  dollars,, 
as  herein  provided,  out  of  the  money  in 
the  general  fund  not  otherwise  appro¬ 
priated. 

Sec.  3703.  [County  commissioners 

MAY  PURCHASE  FAIR  GROUNDS.]  If  a 

county  society  and  the  county  commis¬ 
sioners  decide  that  the  interests  of  the 
society  and  county  demand  an  appropri¬ 
ation  from  the  county  treasury  for  the 
purchase  and  improvement  of  county 
fair  grounds  greater  than  that  author¬ 
ized  by  the  preceding  section,  or  without 
any  action  of  or  purchase  by  the  society, 
the  commissioners  may  levy  a  tax  upon 
all  the  taxable  property  of  the  county, 
the  amount  of  which  shall  be  fixed  by 
the  commissioners,  but  shall  in  no  event 
exceed  one-half  of  one  mill  on  the  dol- 

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lar  of  the  taxable  property  of  the  county 
in  addition  to  the  amount  authorized  in 
the  last  section  to  be  paid  for  such  pur¬ 
pose. 

Sec.  3704.  [The  tax  must  be  sub¬ 
mitted  to  the  electors.]  No  such  ad¬ 
ditional  tax  shall  be  levied  until  the 
question  as  to  the  amount  to  be  levied 
has  been  submitted  by  the  commissioners 
to  the  qualified  electors  of  the  county 
at  some  general  election,  and  a  notice  of 
which,  specifying  the  amount  to  be  lev¬ 
ied,  has  been  given  at  least  thirty  days 
previous  to  such  election,  in  one  or  more 
newspapers  published  and  of  general  cir¬ 
culation  in  the  county ;  those  voting  at 
such  election  in  favor  of  such  tax  shall 
have  written  or  printed  on  their  ballots 
“Agricultural  tax,  Yes/’  and  those  vot¬ 
ing  against  the  same,  “Agricultural  tax, 
No,”  and  if  a  majority  of  the  votes  cast 
be  in  favor  of  paying  such  tax,  the  same 
may  be  levied  and  collected  as  other 
taxes ;  and  when  such  tax  is  collected  by 
the  county  treasurer,  the  auditor  shall  is¬ 
sue  his  order  for  the  amount  so  collected 
to  the  treasurer  of  the  county  agricul¬ 
tural  society,  on  his  filing  with  the  audi¬ 
tor  an  undertaking,  in  double  the  amount 

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so  collected,  with  good  and  sufficient 
sureties  to  be  approved  by  the  auditor, 
conditioned  for  the  faithful  paying  over 
and  accounting  to  such  society  for  such 
funds. 

Sec.  3705.  [When  real  estate 
vests  in  the  county.]  When  a  society 
is  dissolved  or  ceases  to  exist,  in  any 
county  where  payments  have  been  made 
for  real  estate,  or  improvements  upon 
such  real  estate,  or  for  the  liquidation  of 
indebtedness,  for  the  use  of  such  society, 
all  such  real  estate  and  improvements 
shall  vest  in  fee  simple  in  the  county  by 
which  such  payments  were  made. 

Sec.  3705a.  [Insurance  on  fair 
ground  property.]  That  the  county 
commissioners  of  any  county  are  hereby 
authorized  to  keep  insured  all  buildings 
owned  by  the  county  agricultural  society, 
or  by  the  county,  for  the  benefit  of  the 
county  agricultural  society,  or  the 
county,  as  the  case  may  be,  if  deemed 
proper  by  said  commissioners. 

Sec.  3706.  [Societies  may  sell  or 

LEASE,  AND  PURCHASE  OR  LEASE  OTHER 

sites.]  When  a  county  society  desires 
to  sell  its  site  for  holding  county  fairs, 
for  the  purpose  of  purchasing  another 

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site,  or  whenever  such  site  shall  have  for 
any  reason  become  unfit  or  insufficient 
for  the  purposes  for  which  it  is  intended 
and  used,  and  the  board  of  directors  of 
such  agricultural  society  shall,  at  a  reg¬ 
ular  meeting  thereof,  by  a  vote  of  at 
least  a  majority  of  all  the  members  of 
said  board,  upon  a  call  of  the  yeas  and 
nays,  adopt  a  resolution  for  the  purpose 
of  securing  the  benefits  of  this  act,  de¬ 
claring  that  they  desire  to  sell  such  site 
for  the  purpose  of  purchasing  another 
site,  or  that  such  site  has  become  unfit 
or  insufficient  as  aforesaid,  and  that  it 
is  necessary  and  for  the  best  interests  of 
such  agricultural  society  and  such  coun¬ 
ty,  that  such  site  be  sold  or  leased,  and  a 
new  site  purchased  or  leased,  for  hold¬ 
ing  county  fairs  in  such  county,  it  shall 
be  lawful  for  such  agricultural  society 
to  sell  or  lease  such  old,  unfit  or  insuffi¬ 
cient  site  for  holding  county  fairs,  and 
to  purchase  or  lease  a  new  site,  as  here¬ 
inafter  provided ;  provided,  that  in  cases 
where  the  county  has  paid  all  or  any 
portion  of  the  purchase  money  for  the 
site  proposed  to  be  sold  or  leased,  the 
written  consent  of  the  county  commis¬ 
sioners  shall  first  be  given  to  such  sale 

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or  lease.  Within  thirty  days  after  the 
passage  of  such  resolution  said  board 
of  directors  shall  give  notice  in  writing 
to  the  county  commissioners  of  such 
county  of  the  adoption  of  said  resolution, 
declaring  the  necessity  of  selling  or  leas¬ 
ing  such  site  and  of  purchasing  or  leas¬ 
ing  a  new  site,  which  notice  shall  con¬ 
tain  or  have  annexed  thereto  a  certified 
copy  of  said  resolution,  signed  by  the 
president  and  secretary  of  the  board  of 
directors. 

Sec.  370 6a.  [When  county  com¬ 
missioners  SHALL'  COMPLETE  AND  CARRY 
OUT  CONTRACTS  BY  SUCH  SOCIETY.] 

That  whenever  such  agricultural  society 
shall  have  given  notice  to  the  county 
commissioners  as  above  provided,  and 
shall  have  selected,  or  secured  options 
for  the  purchase  or  lease  of  a  new  site 
for  holding  county  fairs  in  such  county, 
the  board  of  directors  of  such  society 
shall  immediately  give  notice  of  all  of 
such  facts  to  the  county  commissioners, 
which  said  notice  shall,  in  the  event  such 
old,  unfit  or  insufficient  site  is  sold  or 
leased  before  the  purchase  or  lease 
of  the  new  site,  state  the  amount 
for  which  such  old,  unfit  or  in- 

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sufficient  site  was  sold  or  leased,  and 
shall  also  state  the  amount  of  money 
necessary  to  acquire  by  purchase  or  lease 
such  new  site,  and  the  terms  and  condi¬ 
tions  of  the  purchase  or  lease  thereof, 
together  with  a  full  description  of  the 
tracts  or  parcels  of  land  and  improve¬ 
ments  thereon,  included  in  such  new  site. 
After  the  filing  of  the  several  notices 
herein  provided  for,  the  county  com¬ 
missioners  may  proceed  to  complete  and 
carry  into  effect  any  contract  or  con¬ 
tracts  which  such  agricultural  society 
may  have  made  for  the  purchase  or 
lease  of  said  new  site. 

Sec.  370 6b.  [Provision  for  pay¬ 
ment  FOR  -SUCH  PURCHASE  OR  LEASE  OF 
lands.]  That  the  payment  for  the  pur¬ 
chase  or  lease  of  the  parcels  or  tracts  of 
land  included  in  such  new  site,  and  the 
■improvements,  buildings  and  structures 
thereon,  may  be  made  by  the  county 
commissioners  from  any  unappropriated 
funds  in  the  county  treasury  at  the  time 
said  payment  is  to  be  made,  and  if  no 
such  funds  are  in  the  county  treasury  at 
such  time,  then  the  county  commission¬ 
ers  may  issue  the  bonds  of  the  county  for 
such  amounts  as  may  be  necessary  for 

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the  purchase  or  lease  of  said  land  and 
the  improvements  thereon ;  provided, 
that  in  the  event  such  old,  unfit  or  in¬ 
sufficient  site  is  sold  or  leased  before 
such  new  site  is  purchased  or  leased,  said 
agricultural  society  shall,  in  making  said 
payment,  first  apply  the  moneys  realized 
from  the  sale  or  lease  of  such  old,  unfit 
or  insufficient  site  to  the  purchase  or 
lease  of  the  new  site ;  and  in  the  event 
such  old,  unfit  or  insufficient  site  is  sold 
or  leased  after  the  purchase  or  lease  of 
such  new  site,  the  amounts  realized  from 
such  sale  or  lease  shall  be  placed  to  the  . 
credit  of  the  sinking  fund  for  the  re¬ 
demption  of  the  bonds  to  be  issued  as 
hereinafter  provided.  Such  bonds  shall 
bear  interest  at  a  rate  not  to  exceed  five 
(5)  per  cent,  per  annum,  payable  semi¬ 
annually,  and  shall  not  be  sold  at  less 
than  their  par  value,  and  shall  be  payable 
at  such  place,  and  at  such  times,  and  in 
such  denominations,  as  said  county  com¬ 
missioners  shall  determine ;  and  to  pro¬ 
vide  for  the  payment  of  said  bonds  and 
the  interest  thereon  the  said  county  com¬ 
missioners  are  hereby  authorized  to  levy 
such  annual  taxes  on  all  the  taxable 
property  of  the  county,  as  may  be  neces- 

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sary  to  create  and  provide  a  sinking  fund 
for  the  redemption  of  such  bonds  at  ma¬ 
turity  and  the  interest  accruing  thereon. 
Said  levy  shall  be  collected  and  ac¬ 
counted  for  to  the  countv  treasurer  of 

•/ 

the  county  in  the  manner  provided  for 
the  collection  of  other  taxes.  Before 
issuing  such  bonds,  the  commissioners 
shall,  by  resolution,  submit  to  the  quali¬ 
fied  electors  of  the  county  at  the  next 
general  election  for  county  officers  held 
not  less  than  thirty  days  after  receiv¬ 
ing  from  such  agricultural  society  the 
notice  provided  for  in  section  3706,  the 
question  of  issuing  and  selling  such 
bonds,  in  amount  and  denomination  as 
may  be  necessary  for  the  purpose  in 
view,  and  shall  cause  a  copy  of  such 
resolution  to  be  certified  to  the  deputy 
state  supervisors  of  elections  of  the 
county,  or  their  successors  in  office,  or 
other  proper  officer  or  officers  having 
charge  of  the  supervision  of  elections, 
and  such  deputy  state  supervisors  of 
elections,  or  their  successors  in  office,  or 
other  proper  officer  or  officers  having 
charge  of  the  supervision  of  elections, 
shall  place  the  question  of  issuing 
and  selling  such  bonds  upon  the 

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ballot  and  make  all  other  necessary 
arrangements  for  the  submission  of 
such  question  to  the  qualified  elec¬ 
tors  of  such  county,  at  the  time  fixed 
by  the  resolution.  The  votes  cast  upon 
such  question  shall  be  counted,  can¬ 
vassed  and  certified  in  the  same  manner,, 
except  as  otherwise  provided  by  law,  as 
votes  cast  for  county  officers.  Fifteen 
days’  notice  of  such  submission  shall  be 
given  by  the  deputy  state  supervisors  of 
elections,  or  their  successors  in  office,  or 
other  proper  officer  or  officers  having 
charge  of  the  supervision  of  elections, 
by  publication  once  a  week  for  two  con¬ 
secutive  weeks  in  two  or  more  newspa¬ 
pers  published  in  the  county,  stating  the 
amount  of  bonds  to  be  issued,  the  pur¬ 
pose  for  which  they  are  to  be  issued,  and 
the  time  and  places  of  holding  such  elec¬ 
tions.  Said  question  shall  be  stated  on 
the  ballot  as  follows :  “For  the  issue  of 
county  fair  bonds,  yes;”  “For  the  issue 
of  county  fair  bonds,  no and  if  the  ma¬ 
jority  of  the  voters  voting  upon  the 
question  of  issuing  the  bonds  are  in 
favor  thereof,  then  and  not  otherwise 
shall  such  bonds  be  issued,  and  the  tax. 
hereinbefore  mentioned  be  levied. 

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Sec.  3706c.  [Control  and  manage¬ 
ment  OF  LANDS  WHERE  TITLE  IS  VESTED 
IN  COUNTY  COMMISSIONERS.  That 
where  the  title  to  the  grounds  and  im¬ 
provements  occupied  by  agricultural  so¬ 
cieties  is  vested  in  the  county  commis¬ 
sioners,  the  control  and  management  of' 
such  lands  and  improvements  shall  be 
vested  in  the  board  of  directors  of  such 
agricultural  society  so  long  as  the  same 
shall  be  occupied  and  used  by  such  so¬ 
ciety  for  holding  agricultural  fairs,  and 
all  moneys  realized  by  said  agricultural 
society  in  the  holding  of  county  fairs  and 
derived  from  renting  or  leasing  >said 
grounds  and  buildings,  or  portions 
thereof,  in  the  conduct  of  said  county 
fairs  or  otherwise,  over  and  above  the 
necessary  expenses  thereof,  shall  be  paid 
into  the  county  treasury  of  said  society 
to  be  used  as  a  fund  for  keeping  said 
grounds  and  buildings  in  good  order  and 
repair,  and  in  making  such  other  im¬ 
provements  as  may  from  time  to  time 
be  deemed  necessary  by  the  directors  of 
said  society. 

Sec.'  3707.  [How  conveyances  to 
be  executed.]  Conveyances  of  ground 
sold  under  the  preceding  section,  which 

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are  owned  exclusively  by  any  society, 
may  be  executed  by  the  president  of  the 
society  as  such  president ;  and  grounds 
owned  partly  by  the  society  and  partly 
by  the  county  may  be  conveyed  by  deed 
executed  by  the  president  of  the  society, 
as  such  president,  and  by  the  county 
commissioners. 

Sec.  3708.  [Society  can  not  incum¬ 
ber  its  grounds.]  When  the  commis¬ 
sioners  of  any  county  have  paid,  or  here¬ 
after  pay,  any  money  out  of  the  county 
treasury,  for  the  purchase  of  real  estate 
as  a  site  for  any  agricultural  society 
whereon  to  hold  its  fairs,  such  society 
shall  not  incumber  such  real  estate  with' 
any  debt,  by  mortgage  or  otherwise, 
without  the  consent  of  the  commission¬ 
ers. 

Sec.  3708-1.  [Agricultural  cor¬ 
poration  ;  COUNTY  AGRICULTURAL  SO¬ 
CIETY  MAY  DONATE  LAND  TO  MUNICIPAL¬ 
ITY  for  certain  purposes.]  When  a 
county  agricultural  society  has  pur¬ 
chased  real  estate,  as  a  site  whereon  to 
hold  fairs,  or  where  the  title  to  the 
grounds  is  vested  in  fee  simple,  in  the 
county,  but  the  society  has  the  control 
and  management  of  the  lands  and  build- 


\ 


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ings ;  and  all  or  a  part  of  said  real  es¬ 
tate  is  situated  within  the  corporate 
limits  of  any  city  or  village,  such  agri¬ 
cultural  society  may,  with  the  consent 
and  approval  of  the  county  commission¬ 
ers,  give  to  such  city  or  village,  by  deed, 
a  lot  or  strip  of  ground,  not  more  than 
fifty  feet  in  width  by  two  hundred  feet 
in  length,  to  be  held  by  such  city  or  vil¬ 
lage,  in  fee  simple,  for  the  purpose  of 
erecting  and  maintaining  thereon  a  fire 
engine  or  hose  house,  to  be  used  in  con¬ 
nection  with  the  fire  departmeit  of  such 
city  or  village.  The  lot,  so  donated, 
shall  abut  on  a  public  street  or  highway 
and  shall  be  located  in  such  part  of  the 
fair  grounds  as  the  society  may  direct. 

Sec. 3709.  [Incorporation  of  town¬ 
ship  societies.]  When  any  number  of 
natural  persons  of  any  township  form  a 
society  for  the  promotion  of  agriculture 
in  such  township,  and  under  their  hands 
and  seals  make  a  certificate,  and  ac¬ 
knowledge  the  same  before  a  justice  of 
the  peace,  in  which  shall  be  specified  the 
name  of  the  society,  the  objects  of  its 
formation,  and  the  township  in  which  it 
shall  be  located,  and  file  the  same  in  the 
office  of  the  secretary  of  state,  such  so- 

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ciety  shall  be  deemed  a  body  corporate, 
with  succession,  and  with  power  to  sue 
and  be  sued,  defend  and  be  defended, 
and  contract  and  be  contracted  with, 
may  make  and  use  a  common  seal,  and 
the  same  alter  at  pleasure,  and  may  pur¬ 
chase,  and  hold  in  fee  simple,  or  rent  or 
lease,  such  real  estate  as  may  be  required 
as  a  site  for  holding  fairs,  not  exceeding 
forty  acres,  and  establish  all  necessary 
rules  and  regulations  for  the  manage¬ 
ment  of  such  fairs  and  the  legitimate 
business  of  the  society. 

Sec.  3710.  [Justices  of  the  peace 

MAY  APPOINT  SPECIAL  CONSTABLES.]  A 
justice  of  the  peace  may,  on  the  applica¬ 
tion  of  a  state,  county,  township,  or  an 
independent  agricultural  society,  or  in¬ 
dustrial  association,  appoint  a  suitable 
number  of  special  constables  to  assist  in 
keeping  the  peace  during  the  time  when 
such  society  is  holding  its  annual  fair, 
and  shall  make  an  entry  in  his  docket  of 
the  number  and  names  of  all  such  per¬ 
sons  so  appointed. 

Sec.  3711.  [Powers  of  such  con¬ 
stables.]  Constables  so  appointed  shall 
have  all  the  power  of  constables  to  sup¬ 
press  riots,  disturbances,  and  breaches 

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of  the  peace ;  they  may,  upon  view,  ar¬ 
rest  any  person  guilty  of  a  violation  of 
any  of  the  laws  of  the  state,  and  may 
pursue  and  arrest  any  person  fleeing 
from  justice  in  any  part  of  the  state;  and 
they  may  apprehend  any  person  in  the 
act  of  committing  an  offense,  and,  upon 
reasonable  information,  supported  by  af¬ 
fidavit,  procure  process  for  the  arrest  of 
any  person  charged  with  a  breach  of  the 
peace,  and  forthwith  bring  such  person 
before  the  competent  authority,  and  en¬ 
force  all  the  laws  for  the  preservation  of 
good  order. 

Sec.  3712.  [Duties  of  certain  of¬ 
ficers  TO  SUPPRESS  SALE  OF  LIQUOR  AT 
fairs.]  A  judge  of  any  court,  sheriff, 
coroner,  justice  of  the  peace  of  the 
proper  county,  a  constable  of  the  proper 
township,  or  the  constables  specially  ap¬ 
pointed,  shall,  upon  view  or  information, 
without  warrant,  apprehend  any  person 
selling  intoxicating  liquors  in  violation 
of  law  at  or  within  two  miles  of  the  place 
where  an  agricultural  fair  is  being  held, 
and  seize  the  booth,  tent,  wagon,  car¬ 
riage,  stand,  vessel,  or  boat  at  or  from 
which  such  liquors  are  being  sold,  and 
convey  the  same  to  a  place  of  safe  keep- 

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ing,  and  take  the  person  so  offending 
before  some  officer  having  com¬ 
petent  jurisdiction,  together  with  an 
inventory  of  the  things  so  seized, 
and  the  officer  •  before  whom  such  of¬ 
fender  is  brought  shall  proceed  forthwith 
to  inquire  into  the  truth  of  the  accusa¬ 
tion,  and  proceed  as  provided  by  law. 

Sec.  3713.  [How  articles  seized 
to  be  disposed  of.]  The  articles  so 
siezed  shall  be  bound  for  the  payment  of 
all  fines  and  costs  assessed  against  the 
accused  in  the  proceeding,  including  the 
necessary  expenses  of  seizing  and  de¬ 
taining  the  same,  and  shall  remain  in  the 
possession  of  the  officer  who  makes  the 
.  seizure  until  the  determination  of  the 
prosecution,  and  may  be  sold  on  process 
issued  therein  against  the  accused. 

Sec.  3713-7  [Trespass.]  That 
whenever  any  person  or  persons,  corpor¬ 
ation  or  association,  whether  incorpor¬ 
ated  or  otherwise,  shall  be  possessed  of, 
as  owners,  or  shall  have  the  lawful  cus¬ 
tody  of  any  tract  or  parcel  of  land  within 
this  state,  for  the  purpose  of  an  agricul¬ 
tural  or  other  fair  grounds,  or  for  the 
purpose  of  meetings  of  pioneers,  or  for 
public  or  private  entertainments  or  other 

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lawful  assemblages,  or  for  the  protection 
of  trees,  plants  and  shrubs,  or  either  of 
them,  or  the  fruits  and  products  thereof, 
or  for  any  one  or  all  of  said  purposes,  it 
shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per¬ 
sons  to  enter  or  go  upon  said  grounds, 
either  through  or  over  any  fence,  or  in 
any  manner,  without  the  consent  and 
permission  of  the  owner  or  owners 
thereof,  or  other  person  having  lawful 
control  of  the  same,  or  in  violation  of  the 
regulations  of  the  same;  and,  in  case  of 
the  holding  a  state,  county,  township,  or 
independent  fair,  it  shall  be  unlawful  for 
any  person  or  persons  to  injure,  molest, 
remove  or  in  any  way  to  disturb  any  ex¬ 
hibits  or  property  of  any  kind  contrary 
to  the  rules  of  the  state,  county,  town¬ 
ship  or  independent  board  or  society,  or 
industrial  association,  under  the  control 
and  management  of  which  said  fair  may 
be  held. 

Sec.  3713-8.  [Penalty.]  Whoever 
shall  wilfully,  and  in  violation  of  the  pro¬ 
visions  of  section  3713-7  of  the  Revised 
Statutes  of  Ohio,  enter  or  go  upon  any 
lands  referred  to  in  said  section,  or  shall 
injure  or  destroy  any  tree,  plant,  shrub 
or  other  property  thereon,  or  shall  take 


or  carry  away  any  fruit,  nut  or  other 
thing  of  value,  or  shall  wilfully  damage 
or  destroy  any  fence  enclosing  said 
lands,  or  shall  injure,  molest,  remove 
or  in  any  way  disturb  any  exhibit  or 
property  of  any  kind  contrary  to  rules, 
shall  on  conviction  thereof  be  fined  in 
any  sum  not  exceeding  three  hundred 
dollars  nor  less  than  five  dollars,  or  be 
imprisoned  in  the  jail  of  the  proper 
county,  or  in  any  city,  town,  or  village 
prison  or  lockup  (when  the  offense  shall 
have  been  committed  within  the  corpor- 
,  ate  limits  thereof)  for  any  period  not 
exceeding  three  months,  and  until  said 
fine  and  costs  are  paid,  or  both  fine  and 
imprisonment,  at  the  discretion  of  the 
court ;  and  shall  moreover  be  liable,  in  a 
civil  action  to  the  party  damaged  there¬ 
by,  in  double  the  value  of  the  property 
taken,  carried  away  or  destroyed,  and  in 
double  the  amount  of  the  damage 
thereto,  to  be  recovered  before  a  justice 
of  the  peace  or  other  court  of  compe¬ 
tent  jurisdiction. 

Sec.  3713-9.  [Prosecutions  here¬ 
under.]  Prosecutions  under  and  by 
virtue  of  this  act,  may  be  by  indictment 
in  the  court  of  common  pleas  in  the 

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county  where  the  offense  shall  have  been 
committed,  or  before  a  justice  of  the 
peace  of  such  county,  or  before  the 
mayor  of  a  city,  town  or  village,  when 
the  offense  shall  have  been  committed 
within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  same. 

Sec.  3713-10.  [Proceedings  for 

APPROPRIATION  OF  LANDS  FOR  ENLARGE¬ 
MENT  of  fair  grounds.]  When  it  shall 
be  deemed  necessary  by  the  board  of ‘di¬ 
rectors  of  any  county  agricultural  so¬ 
ciety  to  enlarge  the  fair  grounds  under 
the  control  of  such  society,  and  the 
owner  or  owners  of  the  proposed  addi¬ 
tion  to  'said  grounds  and  the  said  board 
of  directors  are  unable  from  any  cause 
to  agree  upon  the  sale  and  purchase  of 
said  additional  grounds,  the  board  shall 
make  an  accurate  plat  and  description  of 
the  land  which  it  desires  for  said  pur¬ 
pose  and  file  the  same  with  the  probate 
judge  of  the  proper  county;  and  there¬ 
upon  the  same  proceedings  of  appropria¬ 
tion  shall  be  had  which  are  provided  for 
the  appropriation  of  private  property  by 
municipal  corporations,  said  board  to  act 
for  such  society  therein  as  the  council 
would  for  the  municipal  corporation. 


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Sec.  37 i 3-1  i.  [Board  of  directors 

TO  PROSECUTE  PROCEEDINGS.]  That  if 
under  any  existing  law,  it  is  made  the 
duty  of  the  county  commissioners  to  pur¬ 
chase  any  such  additional  grounds  for 
the  use  of  any  such  society,  said 
board  of  directors  shall  prosecute  the 
said  proceedings  of  appropriation  to 
their  final  conclusion,  except  so  far  as 
relates  to  payment,  or  any  part  of  the 
purchase  money,  before  said  commis¬ 
sioners  shall  be  called  upon  to  act  in  the 
matter.  All  such  payments  or  deposits, 
not  exceeding  fifteen  thousand  dollars 
($15,000)  in  amount,  shall  he  made  by 
said  commissioners  when  required  so  to 
do  by  said  board  of  directors,  or  by  the 
court,  and  no  delay  on  the  part  of  said 
commissioners  shall  defeat  or  prevent 
the  purchase  or  appropriation  aforesaid. 

Sec.  4183.  [County  auditor  to 

TAKE  POSSESSION  OF  AND  SELL  ES¬ 
CHEATED  lands.]  Any  real  property 
escheated  to  the  state,  except  in  a  city 
of  the  first  grade  of  the  first  class,  shall 
he  taken  possession  of,  in  the  name  of 
the  state,  by  the  auditor  of  the  county  in 
which  it  is  found,  and  by  him  sold  at 
public  auction,  at  the  county  seat  of  the 

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county,  to  the  highest  bidder,  after  hav- 
ing  given  thirty  days’  notice  of  such  in¬ 
tended  sale,  in  some  newspaper  printed 
within  the  county. 

Sec.  4184.  [Appraisal,  terms  of 
sale,  and  deed.]  The  court  of  common 
pleas  shall,  on  the  application  of  the 
county  auditor,  appoint  three  disinter¬ 
ested  freeholders  of  the  county,  to  ap¬ 
praise  such  real  property,  who  shall  be 
governed  by  the  same  rule  as  appraisers 
in  sheriffs’  or  administrators’  sales ;  and 
the  auditor  shall  sell  such  property  at 
not  less  than  two-thirds  its  appraised 
value,  and  may,  in  his  discretion,  sell  the 
same  for  cash,  or  for  one-third  cash,  and 
the  balance  in  equal  annual  payments, 
the  deferred  payments  to  be  amply  se¬ 
cured  ;  upon  the  payment  of  the  whole 
amount  of  consideration  money,  he  shall 
execute  a  deed  to  the  purchaser,  in  the 
name  and  on  behalf  of  the  State  of  Ohio ; 
and  the  proceeds  of  such  sales  shall  be  paid 
by  the  auditor  to  the  county  treasurer. 

Sec.  4185.  [When  lands  sold,  how 
proceeds  disposed  of.]  The  county 
treasurer  shall  pay  the  proceeds,  not  ex¬ 
ceeding  six  hundred  dollars  in  any  case, 
of  a  sale  of  escheated  lands  to  the  regu- 

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larly  organized  agricultural  society 
within  the  county,  and  the  excess  of  such 
proceeds,  or  the  whole  thereof,  if  there 
be  no  such  society  within  the  county,  to 
the  treasurer  of  the  state,  as  other 
moneys  collected  for  state  purposes,  for 
the  use  of  the  state  agricultural  fund. 

Sec.  4221-7.  [Fraudulent  entry 

OF  HORSE  IN  CONTEST  OF  SPEED.]  In 
order  to  encourage  the  breeding  of,  and 
improvement  in  trotting,  running  and 
pacing  horses  in  the  state  of  Ohio,  it  is 
hereby  made  unlawful  for  any  person  or 
persons,  knowingly  to  enter  or  cause  to 
be  entered  for  competition,  or  to  com¬ 
pete  for  any  purse,  prize,  premium,  stake 
or  sweepstakes  offered  or  given  by  any 
agricultural  or  other  society,  association 
or  person  or  persons  in  the  state  of  Ohio, 
any  horse,  mare,  gelding,  colt  or  filly 
under  an  assumed  name  or  out  of  its 
proper  class  where  such  prize,  purse, 
premium,  stake  or  sweepstake  is  to  be 
decided  by  a  contest  of  speed. 

Sec.  4221-8.  [Penalty.]  That  any 
person  or  persons  found  guilty  of  a  vio¬ 
lation  of  section  1  (4221-7)  of  this  act 
shall,  upon  conviction  thereof  be  impris¬ 
oned  in  the  Ohio  penitentiary  for  a 

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period  of  not  less  than  one  year  nor 
more  than  three  years. 

Sec.  4221-9.  [Change  of  name  for 
purpose  of  entry.]  That  the  name  of 
any  horse,  mare,  gelding,  colt  or  filly 
for  the  purpose  of  entry  for  competition 
in  any  contest  of  speed,  shall  not  be 
changed  after  once  having  contested  for 
a  prize,  purse,  premium,  stake  or 
sweepstakes,  except  as  provided  by  the 
code  of  printed  rules  of  the  society  or 
association  under  which  the  contest  is 
advertised  U>  be  conducted. 

Sec.  4221-10.  [Class  determined 
by  performance.]  The  class  to  which  a 
horse  belongs  for  the  purpose  of  an  en¬ 
try  in  any  such  contest  of  speed  shall  be 
determined  by  the  public  performance  of 
said  horse  in  said  former  contest  or  trial 
of  speed,  as  provided  by  the  printed  rules 
of  the  society  or  association  under  which 
the  proposed  contest  is  advertised  to  be 
conducted. 

Sec.  4221-11  [Cheating  by  false 
pretense.]  Whoever,  for  the  purpose 
of  competing  for  purses  or  premiums, 
knowingly  and  designedly,  enters  or 
drives  any  horse,  gelding,  mare,  colt  or 
filly  that  shall  have  been  painted  or  dis- 

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guised,  or  represents  any  other  or  differ¬ 
ent  horse,  gelding,  mare,  colt  or  filly 
from  the  one  which  is  purported  to  be 
entered,  or  shall,  knowingly  and  design¬ 
edly,  for  the  purpose  of  competing  for 
purses  or  premiums,  enter  or  drive  a 
horse,  gelding,  mare,  colt  or  filly  in  a 
class  to  which  it  does  not  properly  be¬ 
long,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  cheating 
by  false  pretense  and  shall  be  punished 
by  a  fine  and  imprisonment  as  provided 
in  section  2  (4221-8)  of  this  act. 

Sec.  4221-12.  [Penalty.]  Any  per¬ 
son  or  persons  knowingly  misrepresent¬ 
ing  or  fraudulently  concealing  the  public 
performance  in  any  former  contest  or 
trial  of  speed,  [of]  any  horse,  gelding, 
mare,  colt  or  filly  which  he  or  they  pro¬ 
pose  to  enter  for  the  competition  in  any 
such  contest,  shall,  upon  conviction 
thereof,  be  liable  to  the  same  punishment 
as  is  provided  in  section  2  (4221-8)  of 
this  act,  whether  he  or  they  shall  succeed 
in  making  said  entry  or  not. 

Sec.  6884.  [Setting  up  obstruc¬ 
tion  on  public  sidewalk.]  Whoever 
sets  up  any  table,  stand,  tent,  wagon  or 
other  article,  to  use  or  let  for  profit,  on 
a  public  footwalk  or  sidewalk  con* 

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structed  according  to  law,  by  any  person, 
or  any  board  of  education,  the  council  of 
any  municipal  corporation,  the  trustees 
of  any  cemetery  association,  the  trustees 
of  any  township,  or  any  agricultural  or 
religious  society,  or  rides,  drives,  leads, 
or  hitches  any  horse  or  other  animal  on 
such  footwalk  or  sidewalk,  or  in  any 
other  way  obstructs  the  same,  or  digs  up 
or  removes  any  of  the  material  of  which 
the  same  is  composed,  shall  be  fined 
not  more  than  twenty-five  nor  less  than 
five  dollars,  or  imprisoned  not  more  than 
ten  days,  or  both. 

Sec.  6946.  [Prohibiting  sale  of 

INTOXICATING  LIQUORS  AND  KEEPING 
HOUSES  OF  ILL  FAME  AT  CERTAIN  PLACES  ; 

abatement  of  nuisance.]  Whoever 
sells  intoxicating  liquor  or  keeps  a 
house  of  ill-fame  at  or  within  twelve 
hundred  yards  of  the  administration  or 
main  central  building  of  the  Columbus 
state  hospital,  Dayton  state  hospital, 
Athens  state  hospital,  Toledo  state  hos¬ 
pital,  soldiers’  and  sailors’  orphans’ 
home,  or  any  other  orphans’  home  in  this 
state,  except  in  cities  of  the  first  class, 
or  within  two  miles  of  the  boundary  line 
of  the  boys’  industrial  school,  south  of 

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Lancaster,  Fairfield  county,  or  within 
two  miles  of  the  place  where  any  agri¬ 
cultural  fair  is  being  held,  or  within  one 
mile  of  any  county  childrens’  home  of 
any  county  of  the  state  situated  within 
one  mile  of  any  incorporated  village  or 
city  in  which  the  sale  of  intoxicating 
liquor  is  prohibited  by  an  ordinance  of 
such  village  or  city,  made  in  pursuance 
of  the  act  entitled  “An  act  providing 
against  the  evils  resulting  from  the  traf¬ 
fic  in  intoxicating  liquors”  passed  March 
ii,  1897,  shall  be  fined  not  more  than 
one  hundred  nor  less  than  twen¬ 
ty-five  dollars,  or  imprisoned  not  more 
than  thirty  days,  or  both,  and  on  con¬ 
viction  of  the  owner  or  keeper  thereof 
the  place  wherein  such  liquors  are  sold, 
shall,  by  order  of  the  court,  be  shut  up 
and  abated  as  a  nuisance ;  but  nothing 
in  this  section  shall  be  so  construed  as 
to  prevent  a  regular  dealer  in  intoxicat¬ 
ing  liquors  from  doing  business  and  sell¬ 
ing  the  same,  at  his  usual  place  of  busi¬ 
ness  within  two  miles  of  the  place  where 
any  agricultural  fair  is  being  held. 

Sec.  7006.  [Exhibitions  and  tem¬ 
porary  BUSINESS  AT  FAIRS  PROHIBITED.]. 
Whoever  exhibits  or  shows  any  natural 

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or  artificial  curiosity  for  any  price  or 
gain,  or  sets  up  to  let  or  use  for  profit 
any  swing,  revolving  swing,  flying 
horses,  whirligigs  or  other  device,  or 
whoever  establishes  a  temporary  place  of 
business  for  the  sale  of  any  article  what¬ 
soever,  or  offers  for  sale  any  such  article 
except  as  a  regular  established  dealer 
in  such  article  at  his  usual  place  of 
business,  within  one-fourth  of  a  mile  of 
the  fair  groufid  of  any  agricultural 
society,  while  the  fair  of  such  society  is 
being  held  therein,  unless  he  has 
obtained  written  permission  of  the 
board  of  such  society,  shall  be  fined  not 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars  nor  less 
than  one  dollar. 


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RULES  FOR  THE  ORGANIZATION  AND 
HANAGEITENT  OF  COUNTY  OR  DIS= 
TRICT  AGRICULTURAL  SOCIETIES. 


Adopted  by  the  State  Board  of  Agriculture. 

Rule  i.  Members  of  a  county  or  dis¬ 
trict  agricultural  society  must  be  resi¬ 
dents  of  the  county  or  district,  and  shall 
pay  annually  such  membership  fees  as 
may  be  prescribed  by  the  constitution  or 
by-laws  of  the  society;  said  fees  to  be 
paid  to  the  secretary  or  treasurer  of  the 
society  prior  to  the  last  day  of  each  an¬ 
nual  fair,  who  shall  issue  membership 
tickets  to  those  who  pay  prescribed 
membership  fees ;  and  no  one  shall  be 
permitted  to  pay  for,  or  secure,  more 
than  one  membership,  and  that  for  him¬ 
self. 

Rule  2.  The  board  of  directors,  for 
the  management  of  a  county  or  district 
agricultural  society,  shall  consist  of  not 
less  than  ten  members,  and  not  more 
than  one  member  from  a  township,  ex¬ 
cept  that  in  the  township  in  which  the 

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fair  is  held  there  may  be  two  members 
elected ;  and  from  each  township,  other 
than  the  township  in  which  the  fair  is 
held,  having  a  city  or  town  with  a  pop¬ 
ulation  exceeding  seven  thousand 
(7,000)  at  the  last  federal  census,  there 
may  be  one  additional  member  elected. 
The  tenure  of  office  shall  be  so  arranged 
that  the  terms  of  from  one-fifth  to  one- 
half  of  the  members  shall  expire  an¬ 
nually,  and  the  term  of  office  shall  be  not 
less  than  two  or  more  than  five  vears, 
and  the  constitution  or  by-laws  of  the  so¬ 
ciety  shall  provide  for  an  election  an¬ 
nually  of  a  portion  of  the  members  of 
the  board.  In  case  a  member  removes 
from  the  township  he  represents,  and 
from  which  he  was  elected,  to  another 
township  that  has  a  member  of  the 
board,  a  vacancy  shall  be  declared.  In 
case  of  a  vacancy  in  the  board,  from 
whatever  cause,  such  vacancy  may  be 
filled  by  appointment  of  the  board  until 
the  next  annual  election,  when  a  member 
shall  be  elected  for  the  unexpired  term. 

Rule  3.  On  the  last  Saturday  of 
January,  annually,  unless  otherwise  pres¬ 
cribed  by  special  legislative  enactment, 
an  election  shall  be  held  to  select  by 

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ballot  members  of  the  board  of  directors, 
whose  terms  of  office  shall  be  not  less 
than  two  years  and  not  more  than  five 
years  from  date  of  election,  as  may  be 
provided  in  the  constitution  or  by-laws, 
and  until  their  successors  are  chosen. 
Only  bona  fide  members  of  the  society 
shall  be  entitled  to  vote.  Candidates 
for  members  of  the  board  of  directors 
must  be  members  of  the  society.  In  case 
of  first  organization  of  a  society,  the  full 
number  of  members  of  the  board  shall 
be  elected,  and  their  terms  of  office  de¬ 
termined  as  may  be  agreed  upon  by  the 
19  members  of  the  society,  but  so  arranged 
that  annually  thereafter  an  election 
shall  be  held  for  the  number  of  members 
provided  in  the  constitution  or  by-laws. 

Rule  4.  The  secretary  shall  give 
members  of  the  society  due  notice  of  the 
time  and  place  of  the  annual  election,, 
three  weeks  prior  to  the  holding  thereof, 
either  by  publication  in  at  least  two 
newspapers  of  general  circulation  in  the 
county,  or  by  letter  or  circular  mailed  or 
otherwise  delivered  to  the  address  of 
each  member.  The  election  shall  be  by 
ballot,  and  at  the  closing  of  the  polls  the 
ballots  shall  be  counted  by  three  tellers, 

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appointed  by  the  president,  and  the  re¬ 
sults  publicly  announced  by  the  presi¬ 
dent.  Candidates  shall  have  the  privilege 
to  witness  the  count,  either  in  person  or 
by  substitute. 

Rule  5.  The  secretary  or  treasurer 
shall  keep  a  membership  book,  in  which 
shall  be  recorded  the  names  and  post- 
office  addresses  of  all  the  members  of 
the  society.  Said  membership  book  shall 
be  at  the  polling  place  on  the  day  and 
hours  of  election,  to  verify  the  member¬ 
ship.  No  person  shall  be  entitled  to 
vote  without  having,  in  proper  manner, 
become  a  member  of  the  society. 

Rule  6.  The  board  of  directors,  at 
its  first  meeting  after  the  annual  elec¬ 
tion  shall  organize  by  the  election  of  a 

1 

president,  vice-president ,  secretary  and 
treasurer,  whose  terms  of  office  shall  be 
one  year,  and  until  their  successors  are 
elected,  unless  otherwise  provided  in  the 
constitution  or  by-laws  of  the  society. 
The  president  and  vice-president  shall  be 
chosen  from  the  membership  of  the 
board  of  directors ;  and  all  officers  shall 
be  members  of  the  society.  Only  mem¬ 
bers  of  the  board  of  directors  duly 


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elected  by  the  society,  shall  have  the 
right  to  vote  at  the  meeting  of  the  board. 

Rule  7.  Each  county  or  district  ag¬ 
ricultural  society  may  pay  to  its  secretary 
and  treasurer  stipulated  annual  salaries 
for  their  services,  but  in  no  case  shall 
other  officers  or  members  of  the  board 
of  directors  be  paid  any  sum  or  sums  to 
exceed  their  actual  and  necessary  ex¬ 
penses  in  attending  meetings  of  the 
board  and  conducting  the  affairs  of  the 
annual  exhibitions ;  nor  shall  any  funds, 
accumulations,  profits  or  property  of  the 
society,  or  any  portion  or  part  thereof, 
be  in  any  manner,  except  as  above,  used, 
expended,  delivered  to  or  for,  the  indi¬ 
vidual  benefit  of  any  member  or  officer 
of  the  board  of  directors,  or  any  other 
person  or  persons,  as  a  share,  gift  or  di¬ 
vidend  in  the  proceeds  or  property  of 
the  society. 

Rule  8.  Each  county  or  district  ag¬ 
ricultural  society  shall  deliver  to  the 
state  board  of  agriculture,  during,  or  be¬ 
fore,  the  annual  meeting  provided  for  in 
Section  3692,  Revised  Statutes,  a  report 
embracing  the  offers  and  awards  of  pre¬ 
miums,  receipts,  disbursements,  etc.,  of 
the  last  annual  fair  held  by  the  society, 

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signed  by  the  president  and  attested  un¬ 
der  oath  by  the  secretary,  that  the  laws  of 
the  state  and  the  rules  of  the  state  board 
of  agriculture,  for  the  organization 
and  management  of  county  or  dis¬ 
trict  agricultural  societies,  have  been 
complied  with  fully.  The  president  of 
the  state  board  of  agriculture  will  not 
issue  certificate  for  per  capita  allowance 
unless  this  report  is  made  in  proper 
form. 

Rule  9.  Each  county  or  district  ag¬ 
ricultural  society  in  Ohio,  organized  and 
managed  in  accordance  with  the  laws 
of  the  state  and  the  rules  of  the  state 
board  of  agriculture,  is  entitled  to  rep¬ 
resentation  in  the  annual  meetings  of 
the  state  board  of  agriculture,  as  pro¬ 
vided  in  Section  3692  of  the  Revised  Stat¬ 
utes  of  Ohio.  I11  case  a  society  shall  be 
represented  by  a  “duly  authorized  del¬ 
egate”  other  than  its  president,  said  del¬ 
egate  shall  be  required  to  present  a  prop¬ 
erly  executed  certificate,  signed  by  the 
president  of  the  society,  setting  forth 
that  he  has  been  regularly  selected  as 
delegate  and  is  duly  authorized  to  rep¬ 
resent  his  society ;  otherwise  he  will  not 
receive  official  recognition. 

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Rule  io.  County  or  district  agricul¬ 
tural  societies  may  offer  and  award  pre¬ 
miums  to  exhibitors  without  restriction 
as  to  residence,  except  on  field  crops, 
which  shall  be  confined  to  residents  of 
the  county  or  district. 

Rule  ii.  Competitors  for  premiums 
on  field  crops  must  have  the  land  accur¬ 
ately  measured  and  the  product  weighed 
or  measured,  and  furnish  satisfactory 
proof  of  same  under  oath.  All  state¬ 
ments  with  reference  to  premium  crops 
should  be  forwarded  to  the  secretary  of 
the  state  board  of  agriculture. 

Rule  12.  Animals  exhibited  for  pre¬ 
miums  must  be  entered  in  the  name  of 
the  bona  fide  owners ;  farm  products  in 
the  names  of  the  producers ;  domestic  ar¬ 
ticles,  manufactures,  machinery  and  im¬ 
plements,  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the 
society. 

Rule  13.  County  or  district  agricul¬ 
tural  societies  shall  not  sell  or  grant  to 
any  person  or  persons,  or  permit  in  any 
manner,  the  privilege  of  selling,  dealing, 
or  bartering  in  spirituous,  vinous,  or 
malt  liquors  in  or  about  any  building  or 
anywhere  on  their  fair  grounds  at  any 
time. 


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Rule  14.  County  or  district  agricul¬ 
tural  societies  shall  not  in  any  way  grant 
the  privilege  of,  allow,  or  tolerate  lottery 
devices,  games  of  chance,  or  gambling  of 
any  kind,  including  pool  selling,  in  or 
about  any  building  or  anywhere  on  their 
fair  grounds,  at  any  time. 

Rule  15.  Sections  under  Chapter 
12,  Title  II,  Part  Second  of  the  Re¬ 
vised  Statutes  of  Ohio,  and  any  other 
laws  of  the  state  relating  to  county  or 
district  agricultural  societies,  shall  be 
complied  with  in  all  respects  by  county 

or  district  agricultural  societies. 

\ 

Note.  Particular  attention  is  called  to  the 
provisions  of  Section  3697,  Revised  Statutes 
of  Ohio,  requiring  county  or  district  agricul¬ 
tural  societies  to  conduct  their  affairs  in  con¬ 
formity  to  the  Statutes  of  Ohio  and  the  rules 
of  the  Ohio  State  Board  of  Agriculture _  Cer¬ 
tificates  for  per  capita  allowance  will  not  be 
issued  by  the  President  of  the  Board  unless 
the  rules  of  the  Board  have  been  strictly 
enforced. 


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INDEX 


SECTION  .  PAGE 

Agriculture,  State  Board  of, 

Annual  Meeting  .  3692  3 

Election  of  Members;  Term.  3692  3 

Agricultural  Societies,  Organ¬ 
ization  of  .  3697  5 

Appropriation  of  Lands  for  En¬ 
largement  of  Fair  Grounds.  3713-10  34 

Duty  of  Board  of  Directors..  3713-11  35 

Auditor  to  Sell  Escheated  Land, 

etc .  4183  35 

Appraisal  .  4184  36 

How  Proceeds  Disposed  of...  4185  36 

Awards,  List  of  Must  be  Pub¬ 
lished  .  3699  8 

B. 

Board  of  Directors  May  Appro¬ 
priate  Land  .  3713-10  34 

To  Prosecute  Proceedings....  3713-11  35 

Bonds,  Levy  .  3702-2  13 

Proceeds,  How  Used .  3702-3  14 

Submitting  Question  of .  3702-1  11 

C. 

Commissioners  May  Assist  in 

Purchasing  Sites,  etc .  3702a  15 

51 


Commissioners  —  Concluded.  section  page 

May  Levy  Tax  for  Encourage¬ 
ment  of  Fairs .  37025  16 

May  Purchase  Fair  Grounds.  3703  17 

Tax  Submitted  to  Electors...  3704  18 

Constables,  Special,  Justices  of 

Peace  May  Appoint .  3710  20 

Powers  of  such  Constables...  3711  29 

Contracts,  When  Commissioners 

Shall  Carry  Out .  3706a  21 

Provisions  for  Payment  of 

Purchase  .  37065  22 

Control  of  Lands,  Where  Title 
Vested  in  Commissioners...  3706c  26 

Conveyances,  How  Executed..  3707  26 

Conveyances  Declared  Valid....  3701  19 

County  Agricultural  Societies ; 

Organization;  Cuyahoga  Co.  3697  5 

Premiums  Offered  by .  3698  7 

Must  Publish  List  of  Awards.  3699  8 

Erected  Into  Corporations....  3700  9 

County  Auditor  to  Sell  Es¬ 
cheated  Lands  .  4183  35 

Appraisal,  Terms  of  Sale,  etc.  4184  36 

How  Proceeds  Disposed  of...  4185  36 

County  Society  May  Donate 

Land  .  3708-1  27 

County,  When  Real  Estate  Vests 

in  .  3705  19 

Insurance  on  Property .  3705a  19 

D. 

Debt,  How  Liquidated .  3702-1  11 

Bonds;  Levy  .  3702-2  13 

Proceeds,  How  Used .  3702-3  14 

52 


E. 


SECTION  PAGE 

Exhibitions  and  Temporary 

Business,  etc.,  Prohibited...  7006  41 

F. 

Fairs,  Special  Constables  for....  3710  29 

Powers  of  Constables .  3711  29 

Sale  of  Liquor  to  be  Sup¬ 
pressed  .  3712  30 

Disposition  of  Articles  Seized.  3713  31 

Fraudulent  Entry  of  Horses  at.  4221-7  37 

Penalty  for  Same .  4221-8  37 

Change  of  Name .  4221-9-  38 

Class  Determined .  4221-10  38 

Cheating  by  False  Pretense...  4221-11  38 

Penalty  for  Same .  4221-12  39 

Prohibiting  Sale  of  Liquor, 

etc.,  at  .  6946  40 

Prohibiting  Exhibitions  and 
Temporary  Business  at .  7006  41 

Fair  Grounds,  Societies  May 

Hold  in  Fee  Simple .  3700  9 

Commissioners  May  Assist  in 

Purchasing  .  3702  10 

Commissioners  May  Assist 

Certain  Counties  .  3702a  15 

Commissioners  May  Levy  Tax 

for  Encouragement  of  Fairs.  37026  16 

Commissioners  May  Purchase.  3703  17 

Tax  Submitted  to  Electors....  3704  18 

Insurance  on  Property .  3705a  19 

May  be  Sold  and  Others  Pur¬ 
chased  .  3706  19 


53 


Fair  Grounds  —  Concluded.  section  page 
How  Conveyances  Executed.  .  3707  26 

Must  not  be  Incumbered .  3708  27 

Trespass  on  .  3713-7  31 

Penalty  .  3713-8  32 

Prosecutions  .  3713-9  33 

Appropriation  of  Lands  for.  .  3713-10  34 

Duty  of  Board  of  Directors.  .  3713-11  35 

Obstruction  on  Sidewalk,  etc.  6884  39 

H. 

Horse,  Fraudulent  Entry  in 

Contest  of  Speed .  4221-7  37 

Penalty  .  4221-8  37 

Change  of  Name  for  Purpose 

of  Entry  .  4221-9  38 

Class  Determined  by  Perform¬ 
ance  .  4221-10  38 

Cheating  by  False  Pretense...  4221-11  38 

Penalty  .  4221-12  39 

I. 

Insurance  on  Fair  Ground  Prop¬ 
erty  .  3705a  19 

J. 

Justices  of  the  Peace  May  Ap¬ 
point  Special  Constables....  3710  29 

Powers  of  such  Constables...  3711  29 

L. 

Lands,  Appropriation  of .  3713-10  34 

Proceedings  .  3713-11  35 


54 


Lands  —  Concluded.  section  page 

Auditor  to  Sell  Escheated,  etc.  4183  35 

Appraisal  .  4184  36 

How  Proceeds  Disposed  of...  4185  36 

County  Societies  may  Donate.  3708-1  27 

Liquor,  Suppression  of  Sale  of..  3712  30 

Disposition  of  Articles  Seized.  3713  31 

Prohibiting  Sale  of,  etc .  6946  40 

M. 

Members  State  Board  of  Agri¬ 
culture.  How  Elected .  3692  3 

O. 

Obstruction  on  Sidewalk .  6884  39 

P. 

Penalty  for  Trespass .  3713-8  32 

For  Fraudulent  Entry  of 

Horse  .  4221-8  37 

Cheating  by  False  Pretense...  4221-12  39 

lowers  of  Special  Constables...  3711  29 

Premiums  to  be  Offered .  3698  7 

R. 

Real  Estate,  Society  May  Hold..  3700  9 

Conveyances  Declared  Valid.  .  3701  10 

Commissioners  May  Assist  in 

Purchasing  .  3702  10 

When  it  Vests  in  the  County.  3705  19 

May  be  Sold  and  Other  Pur¬ 
chased  .  3706  19 

Conveyances,  How  Executed.  3707  26 

GO 


SECTION  PAGE 

Sale  of  Escheated  Lands .  4183  35 

Appraisal  of,  etc .  4184  36 

How  Proceeds  Disposed  of...  4185  36 

Societies,  County,  Organization.  3697  5 

Offer  Premiums  .  3698  7 

Publish  List  of  Awards .  3699  8 

Erected  into  Corporations....  3700  9 

Conveyances  Declared  Valid..  3701  10 

Commissioners  May  Assist  in 

Purchasing  Sites  .  3702  10 

Money  Applied  to  Purposes 

Intended  by  Act .  3702-4  14 

May  Sell  or  Lease  Sites .  3706  19 

Conveyances,  How  Executed..  3707  26 

Society  cannot  Encumber 

Grounds  .  3708  27 

Incorporation  of  Township 

Societies  .  3709  28 

Special  Constables  .  3710  29 

Societies  May  Appropriate 

Lands,  How  .  3713-10  34 

Prosecution  of  Proceedings...  3713-11  35 

T. 

Tax  May  be  Levied  to  Assist 

Societies  .  3702-2  13 

In  Certain  Counties .  3702n  15 

For  Encouragement  of  Fairs..  37025  16 

To  Purchase  Fair  Grounds .  3703  17 

Must  be  Submitted  to  Electors.  3704  18 

Township  Societies,  Incorpor¬ 
ation  of  .  3709  28 


56 


SECTION 

PAGE 

Trespass  . 

.  3713-7 

31 

Penalty  . 

.  3713-8 

32 

Prosecutions  . 

.  3713-9 

33 

RULES  FOR  ORGANIZATION  OF  COUNTY 
OR  DISTRICT  AGRICULTURAL 
SOCIETIES. 

Rule  Page 


Members  Must  be  Residents  of 

County,  etc.;  Fees .  1  43 

Board  of  Directors .  2  43 

Election  of  Directors .  3  44 

Notice  of  Election .  4  45 

Membership  Book  .  5  46 

Organization  of  Board .  6  46 

Salaries,  Expenses,  etc .  7  47 

Reports  of  State  Board  of  Agricul¬ 
ture  .  8  47 

Representation  at  Annual  Meeting..  9  48 

Premiums,  to  Whom  Society  May 

Offer  .  10  49 

Premiums  on  Field  Crops....1 .  11  49 

Entries,  How  Made . 12  49 

Sale  of  Liquor  Prohibited .  13  49 

Gambling,  etc.,  Prohibited .  14  50 

Laws  Must  be  Complied  With .  15  50- 


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